Cathy Martin co-authored an article entitled “Preparing for Quality-Based Payments: Trends and Legal Barriers to Successful Implementation” that was published in the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law (July 2009). The article explores legal issues associated with successful implementation of pay-for-performance and quality-focused initiatives aimed at addressing the growing cost and variability of health care quality.
Al participated in the AHLA Convener on Stark Law that took place in Washington, D.C. The Convener brought together prominent Stark Law experts to discuss the efficacy of the Stark Law. A white paper on the Stark Law summarizing the participants' views and suggestions for improving the law is available on the AHLA website at: www.healthlawyers.org/starkwp.
Tim Adelman recently obtained a jury verdict in favor of his client in a dispute over the value of construction services and whether the parties breach the construction agreement.
In a reported Maryland Court of Special Appeals opinion, a defense verdict obtained at trial by Michael von Diezelski on behalf of his physician client was upheld. The case, Herbert Livingstone v Greater Washington Anesthesia & Pain Consultants, P.C., helped clarify when a party during trial must object to evidence the party previously sought to exclude through a motion in limine in order to preserve the issue for appeal.
Cathy Martin was invited to join the Clinovations Collaborative - www.clinovations.com. Clinnovations is a networking and learning collaborative (Clinovations Collaborative) founded in November 2007 in order to bring together healthcare executives for the purpose of discussing today’s most pressing healthcare issues. Members are clinical and operational executives who are solving today’s healthcare problems and providing insight with their relevant, real world experience. The primary goal of the Collaborative is to provide Clinovation members and the healthcare community, including patients and health providers, access to leading practice information.
Michael von Diezelski & Al Adelman (for the 4th consecutive year) have been selected for inclusion on the 2010 Maryland Super Lawyers List. Only 5% of the attorneys in Maryland are chosen each year for this honor. Tim Adelman has been selected for inclusion on the 2010 Maryland Rising Stars.
Cathy Martin co-authored an article in the AHLA Hospitals & Health System Rx reviewing the anti-markup and physician self-referral issues contained in the 2009 Physician Fee Schedule.
Al Adelman has once again been selected to be listed in DC’s Best Lawyers for 2009, Maryland Super Lawyers for 2009, and Chambers USA-America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Michael Von Diezelski obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving allegations that a physician failed to timely diagnose and treat a compartment syndrome in a patient’s leg. After a two week trial, the jury found in favor of Mr. Von Diezelski’s client by finding that the physician complied with the standard of care.
Cathy Martin was named to the Board of the Tyanna Barre O’Brien Breast Cancer Foundation – www.tyanna.org. Tthe Tyanna Foundation works to increase awareness and generate money for breast cancer research, services, education, treatment and patient care.
Cathy Martin was a speaker at the National Healthcare Incentives Institute which was held in Washington, D.C. The presentation covered the legal and operational issues surrounding gainsharing and incentive programs.
Cathy Martin was a speaker at the Society for Research Administrators International Annual Meeting which was held in Washington, D.C. The presentation covered the currently regulatory landscape in clinical research with a particular emphasis on the fraud and abuse laws.
Tim Adelman has been reappointed for a second year to serve as a Vice Chair of the Medical Staff Credentialing and Peer Review of the American Health Lawyers Association. Tim will be in charge of two projects this year - the Credentialing Peer Review Brief Bank and the Peer Review Tool Kit.
Cathy Martin joins the firm! Cathy comes from the health care practice of Alston & Bird where for the past year she focused on regulatory issues facing hospitals and health systems. Before she went to Alston & Bird, Cathy was Senior Counsel in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services within the Industry Guidance Branch.
Michele Smith successfully defended an emergency medicine physician before the Maryland Board Of Physicians, resulting in dismissal of charges.
Al Adelman is one of the principal authors and editors of a new publication from American Health Lawyers entitled “Peer Review Hearing Guidebook.” The Guidebook focuses on the legal issues involved in conducting peer review hearings, procedures and medical staff bylaws that should be in place to facilitate and effective and fair hearing, and practical steps tat can be taken to improve the peer review and hearing processes. More information about the Guidebook can be found at http://www.lexisnexis.com/ahla/ProductDetail.aspx?id=1006
Tim Adelman was a speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Medical Staff Credentialing and Peer Review Practice Group which was held at the American Health Lawyers Association’s Hospitals and Health Systems Program in Orlando, Florida. The presentation reviewed trends in significant medical staff credentialing cases over the past four years.
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